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TIL a dingle is a deep, narrow cleft between hills. Hence the term: dingle berry.

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8Dm4 TIL that there is a punctuation mark called an “interrobang”. It is the name given to “?!”.
VBv4 TIL The Susan Komen foundation (pink ribbon) only spends 15% of the money they raise on cancer research.
rwLx TIL that the Ostrich-Egg Globe may be the oldest globe, dated 1504, to depict the New World, engraved with immaculate detail on two conjoined halves of ostrich eggs.
4XwAX TIL that Leo Fender was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992: a unique achievement given that he never learned to play the instruments that he made a career of making
neA89 TIL that Norway is the country with the highest number of bronze, silver and gold medals in the history of the Winter Olympics with 368 medals.